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Canadians Ready to Spend More this Holiday Season

by on December 2, 2011 in Personal Finance, Shopping, statistics

Canadians are preparing to spend more this holiday season. According to a recent survey from the Royal Bank of Canada, each Canadian plans to spend, on average, $15 more this year than last year. The average Canadians expect to spend about $640 on gifts this year. The number is higher, though, for Atlantic Canadians who [...]

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Do You Practice Conscious Spending with Your Credit Cards?

by on October 11, 2011 in Shopping

If you’re being honest with yourself, it seems pretty obvious that credit cards often make it easy to spend without really thinking about what you’re doing. It’s so easy to just swipe your credit card and go on your way. When you have one of the best Canadian credit cards, you might not think about [...]

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How to Save Money Even When You Spend It

How to Save Money Even When You Spend It

by on February 14, 2011 in Shopping

This post is part of the CCC Personal Finance Guest Blogging Contest. If you like it, please help the author by tweeting it, liking it, leaving a comment and voting for it using the social buttons at the end of the post. Are you always looking for new ways to save money?  Do you find [...]

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Engage Brain Before Engaging Credit Card

by on January 25, 2011 in Offbeat

Some things are just not meant to be purchased, even if you can put it on plastic.

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Black Friday or Cyber Monday?

by on November 25, 2010 in News, Shopping, Video

As the holiday season is fast approaching many people have already begun their Christmas shopping, and millions more will be out in the wee hours of Black Friday morning to battle the crowds and try to get the best possible deals.

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Search. Shop. Pay. All With Your Phone.

by on November 24, 2010 in News, Shopping

The mobile web is changing how we live our lives in fundamental ways. It is changing the way we interact and communicate with each other, and it is even changing the way we shop. With the holiday shopping season approaching, it makes sense to consider the likely trends of the future. One of those shopping [...]

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